One of my mother’s favorite holiday season movies was THE BISHOP’S WIFE. I have seen it more than a dozen times. I fondly remember us sitting together on our worn-out couch, watching movies. She could share inside tips and info about the stars as if she knew each one personally. Her knowledge enraptured me, and I enjoyed every moment of being whisked deep into an engaging story. She was a huge fan of David Niven, Loretta Young, and, of course,…
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I doubted that GREMLINS would hold up after all these years, but holy hell, it does. With the structure of a B horror movie, the film somehow defied the odds and became a classic that generations are still talking about forty years after its release. And yes, this is 100% a Christmas movie. Let me count a few of the reasons: Upon rewatching it, I also started digging into the film’s theme, which is all about consumerism. The movie paints…
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THE KID was a magnificent example of combining slapstick, comedy, and drama together.…
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OF MICE AND MEN is a gloomy, melancholy, timeless classic.…
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CHARADE is the perfect, classy, rom-com, spy-thriller classic. It was said to be “the only Alfred Hitchcock movie that he did not direct.”…
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ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS is a sky flying adventure classic.…
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THE TRUMAN SHOW is used still today to foster discussions in subjects such as philosophy and ethics classes in schools from coast to coast.…
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DIAL M FOR MURDER was a psychological classic thriller filled with suspense and all the makings of the perfect crime.…
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DISCLAIMER: This review will not discuss how THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is a cinematic classic with deep critical analysis. If you want that, you can head over to Rotten Tomatoes. Instead, I’m taking a trip down memory lane this Halloween with the hundreds of times I’ve seen this movie. In 1993, Touchstone’s animated classic THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS was released, and it touched my heart. The darkness, serious themes, and characters were that of an adult film, yet the songs…
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